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骨
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Definitions
- 1. bone
Example Sentences
1 shown魚去 骨 去皮。
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Words Containing 骨
(physiognomy) protruding bone at the back of the head, regarded as a sign of a renegade nature
spicule (in biology)
spine
breastbone (of a bird)
(onom.) rolling around
cancellous bone
(jocular) anorexic girl; a bag of bones
lumbar vertebrae
bony
vertebra
gentle feelings and chivalrous disposition (idiom)
sternum
bak-kut-teh or pork ribs soup, popular in Malaysia and Singapore
to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
Buddha's bones (as a sacred relic)
pelvis
skull
piercing
collarbone
dominoes
lit. etched into one's heart and bones (idiom)
emaciated
kneecap
cartilaginous fishes
kneecap
bones of the dead
black-boned chicken
as thin as a match
manubrium of malleus (handle of hammer bone), connecting ossicles 聽小骨|听小骨 to tympanum 鼓膜
engraved in one's heart and carved in one's bones (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
coccyx
blatant
miserable wretch
maxilla (upper jaw)
with a rolling or twisting movement
striated muscle
exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
lower jawbone
pelvic floor (anatomy)
ossicles (of the middle ear)
muscles and bones
occipital bone (back of the skull)
diaphysis (long segment of a bone)
backbone
water wheel
urn
rickets (medicine)
Chinese name for African kingdom in Somalia, cf Mogadishu 摩加迪沙
stapes or stirrup bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration to the inner ear
sphenoid bone (front of the temple)
lit. the dead returning to life
White Bone Spirit (in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[xī yóu jì])
stupa (Buddhist shrine)
bones and ashes
to the bone
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
coccyx
osteogenesis imperfecta (OI); brittle bone disease
(Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes
flat bone
chain of ossicles (in the middle ear)
skeleton
to suffer a fracture
the eight methods of bonesetting
chiropractic
orthopedics
oracle bone
cytoskeleton (of a cell)
coccyx
cartilaginous fish (such as sharks)
collagen (protein)
T-bone steak
strength of character
to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
bone china (fine white porcelain made from a mixture of clay and bone ash)
to be all skin and bones (idiom)
chondropathy (medicine)
to criticize behind sb's back
to ceremonially receive a bone relic of the Buddha
tortoise shells and animal bones used for divination in the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th to 11th century BC); oracle bones
carving in bone
skinny; emaciated (idiom)
bonesetting
close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife
bone ash
pubic bone
blood relation
red bone marrow (myeloid tissue)
vomer bone (in the nose, dividing the nostrils)
backbone
spur
beneath the surface
osteoporosis
to ossify
femur
Chinese holly (Ilex cornuta)
fish bone
(anatomy) epiphysis
as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
to look for bones in an egg
myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)
Dengue fever
bone marrow (medulla ossea)
bony fishes
elder or elderberry (genus Sambucus)
(onom.) for plopping sound
periosteum (membrane covering bone)
cartilage
(literary) emaciated; bony
malleus or hammer bone of middle ear
ilium (the large flat bone of the pelvic girdle)
columbarium
ribs
turbinate
osteoarthritis
bony; skinny
bone marrow transplant
ethmoid bone (cheek)
scapula
coot
epiphyseal plate
weak, cowardly person
dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
(dialect) critical juncture
sacrum (anatomy)
zygomatic bone (cheek bone)
radius (anatomy)
pork chop
fish bone
spicule
skeleton
osteoma (benign tumor composed of bone-like material)
bone chilling wind (idiom)
deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
rib
bone
club (ancient stick-like weapon with a melon-shaped enlargement at the tip)
dominoes
feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom)
lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
skull (of a dead body)
osteopathy
domino effect
ischium
fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly
marrow cavity (in long bones)
skeletal remains
metacarpal bone (long bones in the hand and feet)
lazybones
ingrained
bone black
lower jaw
temporal bone
lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom)
bone fracture
vertebra
hip bone
to roll rapidly
sacrum (bone at the base of the spine)
bones
backbone
(bird species of China) Eurasian coot (Fulica atra)
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
hip bone
multiple myeloma (medicine)
yellow or fatty bone marrow
pubis
flesh and blood
sciatic nerve
(dead) human remains
joint (of the skeleton)
fibula
sciatica
chop
(dialect) veteran actor
(botany) carina; keel (of a papilionaceous flower)
nasal bone
parietal bone (top of the scull)
unyielding character
Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗|颉跌利施可汗[jié diē lì shī kè hán]
(coll.) flower bud
frontal bone (forehead)
skull
ossicles (in the middle ear)
bones
backbone network
posture
etched in one's bones and heart (idiom); ever-present memory (esp. resentment)
lit. interrelated as bones and flesh (idiom); inseparably related
columbarium
bone tool (archaeology)
incus or anvil bone of middle ear, passing sound vibration from malleus hammer bone to stapes stirrup bone
ruthless
to suffer serious injury (idiom)
bone meal
skeleton of the dead
pubic bone
osteofluorosis
ulna (anatomy)
hyperostosis (abnormal thickening of bone)
see 粘皮帶骨|粘皮带骨[nián pí dài gǔ]
humerus
framework
osteoporosis
see 氟骨症[fú gǔ zhèng]
columbarium
resolute individual
box for bone ashes
tibia
reinforced concrete
bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
bitter hatred
ankle bone
bone formation
lofty and unyielding character
bone structure and physiognomy
lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism
to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist
oracle script
one's own flesh and blood
oracle script